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Me quedé mirándola

Music by Vicente Spina. 4 recordings in our catalogue, 1945–1965.

Who recorded it

Every version4

Earliest we hold: Lucio Demare, 1945

  1. Aníbal TroiloAlberto Marino1945
  2. Lucio DemareHoracio Quintana1945
  3. Rodolfo BiagiAlberto Amor1945
  4. José BassoAlfredo Belusi1965

Versions of Me quedé mirándola recorded 1945–1965

Me quedé mirándola was composed by Vicente Spina.††

The song

The piece as people name it, whoever plays it.

4 orchestras recorded it

83 Dances filmed to it

Who wrote it

Music
Vicente Spina
Words
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Source: TangoCloud catalogue

Lyrics

Español

Después de un año atroz de soledad volvimos a encontrarnos sin querer, de pronto los recuerdos de otros días que cantaba y que reía acudieron en tropel. Mis labios balbucearon con temor, los ojos le contaron mi dolor, mis ansias de encontrarla fueron tantas que oprimida la garganta me quedé mirándola. Inútiles senderos fueron todos caminos recorridos sin vivir, bordeados de dudas y dolores y sólo sinsabores aumentan mi sufrir. Mas, ya no espero nada de la vida ni ahora que la encuentro puede ser, lo dice su mirada distraída que he matado para siempre Lo que fuera su querer. Aquel ensueño roto del ayer no puede ya volver a florecer, la tengo ante mis ojos esta tarde y comprendo que no hay nadie en mi triste anochecer. Ha vuelto sin llegar la que esperé la encuentro nuevamente y ya se va, sabiendo que en su adiós está mi ruina se alejó y de la esquina, me quedé mirándola.

English · machine translation

After an atrocious year of loneliness we met again without wanting to, suddenly the memories of other days when I sang and laughed came flooding back. My lips babbled with fear, my eyes told her of my pain, my longing to meet her was so great that my throat tightened I stared at her. Useless paths were all roads traveled without living, lined with doubts and pains and only sorrows increase my suffering. But I no longer expect anything from life nor now that I find it can be, says her distracted look that I have killed forever What was once her love. That broken reverie of yesterday can no longer bloom again, I have her before my eyes this afternoon and I understand that there is no one in my sad evening. The one I waited for has returned without coming I find her again and she is leaving, knowing that in her goodbye is my ruin. she went away and from the corner, I stood looking at her.

Every version

Computed from the catalogue, not yet written by anyone

The catalogue holds 4 recordings of this song by 4 orchestras, 1945 to 1965.
1940’50’60
Recordings of Me quedé mirándola by year, taller the more they are danced · 4 of 4 recordings carry a year · read Nov 2, 2026

4 recordings · our catalogue, dances filmed on TangoTube · 3 more we know of

a version people dance tono Dances matched yet: something to listen to

The leader is Aníbal Troilo, 1945, with 83% of the 83 filmed dances matched to a version of this song.

20 more dances name this song but not which version, so no share counts them. “No match yet” means no filmed dance is tied to that version so far, not that nobody dances it. Dances whose music we have not identified are left out.

Choose A and B on two recordings to hear them one after the other.

  1. Aníbal TroiloMost dancedMe quedé mirándolaAníbal TroiloAlberto MarinotangoRCA Victor
    69 dances · 83%
    1945
  2. Lucio DemareEarliest we holdMe quedé mirándolaLucio DemareHoracio QuintanatangoOdeon
    12 dances · 14%
    1945
  3. Rodolfo BiagiMe quedé mirándolaRodolfo BiagiAlberto AmortangoOdeon
    2 dances · 2%
    1945
  4. José BassoMe quedé mirándolaJosé BassoAlfredo BelusitangoMusic Hall
    No match yet
    1965
  5. Orquesta Típica PorteñaNot in our catalogueRoberto Goyeneche · Jul 101981
  6. Miguel MonteroNot in our catalogue
  7. Orquesta Típica PorteñaNot in our catalogueRoberto Goyeneche
All recordings of Me quedé mirándola

One recording

A dated take, with its sound and the couples dancing it.

Aníbal Troilo

Me quedé mirándolaAníbal TroiloAlberto MarinotangoRCA Victor

Couples filmed dancing this recording · 69 Performances

Danced to it

Music from 1945–1965 · danced on film 2007–2026

20072026
By the year it was danced; each dance counts once, however many channels filmed it

2007: 2, 2008: 1, 2011: 1, 2012: 4, 2013: 5, 2014: 2, 2015: 5, 2016: 7, 2017: 8, 2018: 4, 2019: 5, 2020: 3, 2021: 1, 2022: 4, 2023: 4, 2024: 4, 2025: 1, 2026: 2

Where it is danced

The places our videos show it danced, by performances filmed there.

  1. Espacio Riobamba (Club Castel)Balvanera
    3 performances
  2. Sociedad Friulana de Buenos AiresVilla Devoto
    2 performances
  3. Salón El Pial (La Baldosa)Flores
    1 performance

Filmed sets

One Couple dancing three or four songs at one Occasion, every song known. What was danced on film, not what a DJ played.

3 of 8 complete sets on film

  1. Facundo de la Cruz and Noelia Hurtado

    2023 · In the order danced: the video titles number them

    1. 1Me quedé mirándolaAníbal Troilo, 1945
    2. 2PatéticoOsvaldo Pugliese, 1948
    3. 3El corazón me engañóJuan D'Arienzo, 1940
    4. 4La esquinaLucio Demare, 1938
    Watch it on TangoTube
  2. Fatima Vitale and Yerpun Castro

    In upload order: nobody has said the order danced

    1. 1Me quedé mirándolaAníbal Troilo, 1945
    2. 2Nunca masJuan D'Arienzo, 1941
    3. 3Que falta que me hacésMiguel Caló, 1963
    4. 4Milonga antiguaMiguel Caló, 1942
    Watch it on TangoTube
  3. Joanna Jabłońska and Piotr Bochiński

    2024 · In upload order: nobody has said the order danced

    1. 1Milonga sentimentalFrancisco Canaro, 1933
    2. 2Me quedé mirándolaAníbal Troilo, 1945
    3. 3Cuatro palabrasRodolfo Biagi, 1941
    4. 4SecretoTípica Victor, 1932
    Watch it on TangoTube

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